Barbell Mate vs TeamBuildr Training
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Barbell Mate
This app provides real-time feedback on your weightlifting performance, tracking metrics like velocity, power, and force. Review past workouts, sync data across devices, and export information for detailed analysis to improve your training.
- Real-time lift feedback
- Velocity, power, and force tracking
- Detailed workout history
- Data synchronization
- Data export for analysis
- Customizable metrics
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The Barbell Mate Personal app connects to your Barbell Mate Device and gives you real time feedback to help you train better. Velocity, Power and Force are all able to be tracked and viewed in real-time. The personal app allows you to see all your past workout data and metric data to ensure that you can adequately gauge your past and future performance. Features: - Real-time feedback on your lifts - Voice output, velocity thresholding and ROM filtering - Sync data between devices - Export data for analysis - Review a detailed history of your training - Customize the set metrics you see Please note: This app requires a Barbell Mate device for intended functionality.
TeamBuildr Training
This app provides structured strength and conditioning programs for coaches and athletes. It allows for program management, progress tracking, and in-app communication. Users can record workout data, view detailed sessions, and sync with wearable devices.
- Structured strength and conditioning programs
- Athlete progress tracking
- In-app chat and communication
- Workout session preview and review
- Video recording for form analysis
- Dynamic leaderboards
- Apple Health syncing
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Every day, thousands of coaches, trainers, athletes and clients log into TeamBuildr to access quality, structured strength and conditioning programs in addition to features that help streamline any program, gym or team - all in a single app. A TeamBuildr account is required to login. If you are downloading this app, you must have a TeamBuildr account or have been given an Easy Join Code to join an existing account. FOR COACHES - Preview and review workout sessions for all of your athletes and clients - View key stats for each athlete’s training session such as tonnage, reps, and session duration - Track progress over time for your athletes including 1RM’s, times, bodyweight and other metrics - Communicate with your athletes individually or as groups using our in-app chat feature complete with Push notifications - Dynamic leaderboards showing results for any combination of athletes and clients - Coach post to the Feed including links, videos, and images to specific groups of athletes or clients FOR ATHLETES - Get individualized training from your coach every day in-app - Record form on video for coach/trainer to review - Receive detailed workouts with precise %-based weights and instructional videos - Message your coach, friends and teammates in-app or share pictures and video on the Feed - Store all your exercise history, including 1RM’s and other PR’s, in the mobile app complete with linear graphs The TeamBuildr mobile training experience is streamlined, fast and efficient so that coaches continue coaching and athletes can focus on training. Have an Apple Watch or other wearable? You can sync your data from Apple Health to TeamBuildr and track your daily Exertion alongside your workouts!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TeamBuildr Training at 3.2 against Barbell Mate's 1.0. TeamBuildr Training also leads on ratings volume (263 vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Barbell Mate's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TeamBuildr Training holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TeamBuildr Training has 263 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Barbell Mate ships an update every 3 months, TeamBuildr Training every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barbell Mate | TeamBuildr Training |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 3.2 (263 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 25.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 263 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Barbell Mate Pty Ltd | TeamBuildr, LLC |
Customer experience
Barbell Mate
TeamBuildr Training
Bugs and requests
Barbell Mate
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
TeamBuildr Training
Reported bugs
5 issues- Frequent crashes and app freezes
- Login and password reset not working
- Workout data not saving properly
- Syncing and offline mode issues
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Apple Watch compatibility
- More customization options
- Improved wearable integration
- Better offline functionality
In-app purchases
Barbell Mate
No in-app purchases
TeamBuildr Training
No in-app purchases
Questions
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